Safety pocket attachment



' A. H. BARBER.

SAFETY POCKET ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY22, 1919.

Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

ATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM H. BARBER, 0F MAIJISON, WISCONSIN.

SAFETY POCKET ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

Application led May 22, 1919. Serial No. 298,891.

To ZZ whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM H. BAR- BER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Madison, in the county of Dane and State of lVisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety PocketAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to safety pocket attachments and Ahas for itsprincipal object the production of a simple and yet efficient means forholding articles within said pockets and preventing of surreptitiousremoval of said articles.

Another object of this invention is the production of a safety pocketattachment wherein a flat securing member is carried by the pocket ofthe garment, thus permit.- ting the garment to be pressed withoutinterference from such element, while a cooperating` element is securedupon the article to be carried within the pocket; when the two elementsare engaged said article will be held within the pocket to preventsurreptitious or accidental displacement although the two devices may beeasily disengaged by the rightful party to permit the element within thepocket to be removed.

several practical forms of construction and assembly of the presentinvention will be hereinafter described and are illustrated in thedrawings, in which-a Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of the deviceto be fixed within the pocket of a garment.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the correspondingl member whichmay be slipped onto a pocket book or other element to be retained withinthe pocket.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the device illustrated in Figs. 1and 2 illustrating the assembly thereof and showing a slightly largerpocket book carried by the device.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail perspective view of a portion of a pocketbook showing another manner of aflixing the stud upon the pocket book. n

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional View of the modified form of theinvention showing how the socket may be directly affixed to the garment.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the modified form of the mannerin which the socket is retained, as illustrated also in Fig. 5.

Fig 7 is a detail perspective view of the pen or pencil clip showing thestud mounted thereon.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view, partly in elevation of thedevice illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the severalmodifications thereof, to be hereinafter specifically described, Pindicates the pocket of any form of garment having the usual hemmed edgeH as shown in Fig. l. A ribbon 10 of any suitable material is positionedupon the inner surface of the hem H riveted at its ends in engagementwith the hem H of the pocket P as shown at l1. A socket 12 of the usualconstruction is fixed in engagement with the ribbon 10 as shown in Figs.1 and 3. although of course it is obvious that in Fig. 3 the showing isenlarged to illustrate more clearly the construction. As is knownhowever. suchv sockets are comparatively flat. Therefore, the garment bevery easily pressed without the socket protruding to form a hump in thepressed pocket and also this socket is flat to prevent its wearing ahole through the pocket after considerable use, as would be the case ifa thickened structure were provided at this point.

By referring to Fio's. 2 and 3 a pocket book or other structure is shownat 13 and the elastic loon 14 is positioned upon this pocket book inorder to hold the stud 15 in position. It will be noted that the stud isdirectly connected t0 the loop 14 and, owing to the size of the loop,this loop is capable of being slipped over any desired article toreleasably hold the stud in a set position.

Attention is now invited to Figs. 4, 5 and 6 wherein it will be notedthat the socket 12 is directly secured to the hem H of the pocket P andin this form the ribbon 10 is omitted. Also the stud 15 is directlyfixed upon the pocket book or other supporting element 13 but under thislatter construction it is noted that the stud must be permaneatlyretained upon the element to be carried within the pocketand cannot beremoved and placed on different elements by the changing of the elasticloop 14, as specified in the showing in Figs. 2 and 3.

By referring to Figs. 7 and 8 it will be noted that the stud 15 has abase plate 16 fixed upon a clip 17. This clip 17 is substantiallycircular and for this reason may be slipped onto a pen or pencil 18indicated in dotted lines in Figs@ 7 and 8 or the shape of the clip maybe changed slightly to it upon any other element to be retained in thepocket, without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

As above noted, the socket is fixedly re tained, either by ribbon ordirectly, upon the hem H offthe pocket P. rI'herefore, it is in positionat all times, although owing to its flat construction it will not undulywear the pocket andi will not interfere with the pressingoffthe garment.

The stud may be easily mounted, by use of the elastic loop or by the useofV the clip, upon an article to be retained within the pocket or itkmay be lixedly mounted upon such article as specified hereinbefore.

The articleV whether the same be a pocket book, or pencil, penor otherdevice may be easily slipped into the pocket in the usual manner andthen the stud l5 may be snapped into a releasa-ble engagement with thesocket 12, thuspositively retaining* the article within the-pocket P ofthe garment. Obviously the engagement between the stud and the socket issuch asto preventthe acci dentalA slipping of" the article from thepocket, as when the user is bending over and the device. is alsopossessed of sufficient strength to prevent surreptitiousremoval ofy thearticle', for in case some party is attemptingtheft ofsuch article, thepull necessary upon thestud to cause the sameto disengage the articlewould be suiiicient to attract the attention ofvthe user of the device,who wouldV certainly prevent such action.

When the stud is usedi upon the elastic loop lst, it is obvious-the usermay easily insert his finger behindthe stud and between the elasticloopof the pocket book 13 which will assist the user in guiding thestuddirectlyinto engagementl with the socket when theV device is* beingassembledi It will therefore be seen that a very simple and efiicientsafety pocket attachment has been provided which may be readily appliedto the pocket of thegarment without injuring the pocket and in suchmanner as to allow the sameA to be cleaned and pressed without anyinterference from the element fixed thereon. The article to be insertedinto the pocket however is provided with a coperating member which maybe readily engaged with the member carried by the pocket of the garmentand' under such condit-ions prevent accidental or surreptitiousremovaliof the article placed within the pocket'.

The foregoing description and drawing has reference to the preferredembodiment of my invention. It is to be understood however that I maymake such changes in construction and assembly` of parts, materials,dimensions, etc., as may prove expedient and fall with-in the scopeofthe appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by LettersPatent is v:` Y

l. In combination with a pocket and an article inserted into saidpocket, of a flat ribbon having its ends fixed within said pocket, 'asocket secured to said ribbon intermediate its ends', an elastic loopremovably mounted upon said article, a' stud carried by said loop andreleasably engaging said socket to removably hold said article againstsaid pocket;

2. In combination withk a pocket and an article positioned Within saidpocket, of' a socketi carried by said pocket, an elastic loop removablymountedv upon said article, a stud carried by said loop whereby saidstud may-releasably engage said socket for hold` ing said article withinsaid pocket.

In testimony whereofl a'liix my signature in-presence of'two Witnesses,

ABRAHAM H. BARBER.

Vitnesses SIDNEY R; LYNN, EDNA Foss;

